Language Scrapbook 2

• Genre- This text is a childrens book, so it is meant to entertain children.
• Audience- This text is aimed at young children. This is because it is a childrens book. The grammar used here is very simple, and the use of large, bright images shows that its meant to appeal to young children of about the age of 5-9.
• Purpose- The purpose of this text is to entertain children. It could also be to make them calm down before bed, as it could be read as a bedtime story. The text could also be seen to be quite humorous, and used to make people laugh, as the pirates say things like"she made me take a bath" and use phonology such as "aar!" and "Im sick o'sprouts, which would be quite funny to someone in the age group that this text is aimed for, this also fits in with entertainment.
• Context Of Production- I think the writer of this text wrote it so it would be appealing to children, and people would buy it. It also seems as if the writer perhaps has, or has had, small children themselves, as they use very simplified language that someone who knows what small children understand, and like, would use. I think the writer felt happy when writing this text, as it is quite a happy text, and it has some funny aspects to it. 
• Context Of Reception- The pictures on this text look as if they have been painted, so the writer obviously had access to a skillful artist, either themselves, or someone else. However the text looks like a computer font, so they must have used a computer to write the text. The discourse of this text is very clearly pirate themed, which is shown by the image of pirates at the bottom, and also by the fact that the text appears to be written on old paper, which can be related to pirates map paper. I think the writer wrote this at their house, maybe at a desk or a table overtime, as it look as though they have thought quite carefully about the  use of lexis that they have used.